{"playerId":3590,"percentChange":-0.3,"averageDraftPosition":260,"percentOwned":1.2,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Perez caught three innings and went 4-for-4 at the plate with a home run Friday during extended spring training, his first game action since suffering a knee injury.","spin":"Perez will serve as a DH on Saturday and will likely head out on a rehab assignment soon before returning to the Royals. If all goes according to plan, he should be behind the dish in Kansas City by mid-June.","date":"Sat May 26"},"fullName":"Salvador Perez","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Perez was destined to be the Royals' starting catcher and an AL-only value selection, before a knee injury put him on the shelf for perhaps half of the year. For a player as free-swinging as Perez -- his swing rate was 7.2 percent higher than the league average (52.9 percent to 45.7 percent) and chase rate on non-strikes 11.6 percent higher (40.3 percent to 28.7 percent) -- he's quite adept at making contact, whiffing only 12.7 percent of the time in the majors as a rookie and 10.0 percent during his minor league career. From that angle, he should be capable of maintaining a solid batting average once he heals, assuming he recaptures the starting gig, not that he offers much in the way of power, speed or run production.","seasonId":2012,"date":"Fri Mar 23"}}